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WWNO presents the 2022 holiday concert performed by the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, recorded at the Orpheum Theater in New Orleans in December 2022.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we learn how the Hermann-Grima house in New Orleans’ French Quarter has changed the way it tells the story of slavery overtime. We also check in with food banks in the Gulf South and review the year in politics.

An hour of the best holiday music from the Crescent City. Including local classics and new favorites… familiar voices and hidden gems… some reflective, some irreverent, some funky and fun.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us The Holiday Jukebox. We’ll enjoy all sorts of music to celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, and the holiday spirit of gifting and giving. Oh, and be sure to bet it’s loaded with plenty of Louisiana artists. Happy holidays from Le Show!

Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear about the opening of a new medical education center at LSU Health Shreveport. We also learn about a case to decide the fate of state air permits for a proposed plastics complex and discuss Louisiana’s political transformation.

I’m Nick Spitzer. This is American Routes for the holiday season. We’re celebrating the NEA National Heritage Fellows, and I thought we’d honor a past group of fellows; New Orleans’ Treme Brass Band received the award in 2006. They’ve sine brought the tradition forward into the present. It’s the Treme Brass Band live at Artisound Studios in the 9th Ward, with “Shake It and Break It” on American Routes Live.

In New Orleans and across our state, we're surrounded by history. Our architecture, museums, and libraries tell us stories of bygone eras. But arguably the best place to get a taste of Louisiana history is in any of our historic restaurants. On this week's show, we visit two culinary landmarks that have been dining destinations for generations: Middendorf's, the classic seafood house located in Manchac, and the Napoleon House in the French Quarter.

Today on Louisiana Considered, we discuss the ongoing struggle for state and federal recognition for Louisiana’s native American tribes. Plus, we learn about a lawsuit fighting racial quotas on the state’s medical board.

Cyril Neville, the youngest of the Neville fraternal order, grew up surrounded by New Orleans rhythm and blues hit makers, like James Booker, Earl King, and his brother Art, whose band the Hawketts recorded “Mardi Gras Mambo” in 1954. Cyril got an early start in music playing percussion with his uncle Jolly’s Mardi Gras Indian tribe, the Wild Tchoupitoulas. He joined Art’s funk group, the Meters, in the early ‘70s, and in 1977, Cyril and Art teamed up with Aaron and Charles to form the Neville Brothers. Cyril later founded his own group, Endangered Species, and has become a community and environmental activist, especially in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Cyril spoke of his musical beginnings some seventy years ago.

On this week’s edition of Le Show, Harry brings us News of Crypto-Winter, News of the Warm, News of the Olympic Movement, News of Smart World, and News of Musk Love. Then Harry interviews Tom Piazza, author of Why New Orleans Matters and most recently, The Auburn Conference.